Meaning of Louis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name from French.
2. Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.
   alt-of, historical
3. Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.
   historical
4. A female given name.
   uncommon
5. The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.
   historical
6. A surname.
   rare
7. The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.
   historical, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“'It is hardly a week since you called me your future husband, and treated me as such; now I am once more the tutor for you: I am addressed as Mr. Moore, and Sir; your lips have forgotten Louis.' "'No, Louis, no: it is an easy, liquid name; not soon forgotten.'”

“Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.”

“It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, […]”

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